For 10+ years I ran a digital marketing agency that specialized in SEO. Then came the idea for MySiteAuditor. It took off way faster than I expected and before long, it was all I could think about. A SaaS with a fast growing MRR, little to no overheard, and zero customer acquisition costs looked so appealing compared to a team of employees, office politics, clients, and endless sales meetings. I knew what I had to do. I needed to prepare my agency for acquisition.
What I’m about to tell you is a true story. Years ago, a potential SEO client flew from Washington DC to Chicago so I could pitch him and his team our SEO services. Think about that for a minute. They flew all that way and spent all that money just to see my team. The sale was practically closed before they showed up, right? Well, half way through my SEO sales presentation I looked over at the client, and what I saw was horrifying. He was sitting in his chair, mouth wide open, and his head was leaned all the way back as if it was partially detached from his body.
Honestly, I can’t remember paying for a keyword research tool, ever. And I’ve been in the industry since 2003. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with paid keyword research tools, especially from reputable websites like AHrefs, and SEMRush. I’m saying that I’ve had enormous success in the SEO world and I’ve only used free keyword research tools.
Many of you who know me know that I ran a pretty popular digital marketing agency in Chicago before it was successfully acquired by a much bigger agency in 2014. One of the things that really made my agency so attractive for acquisition was our extremely high SEO client retention rate, that led to a super high MRR.
For those who don’t know me, I’m Marvin. I founded MySiteAuditor back in 2013 while running a boutique digital marketing agency in Chicago. I’m still heavily involved in MySiteAuditor, and am continuously looking for ways we can improve our software. My favorite method for doing this, is simply listening to our community’s requests and concerns.
On May 25th 2018, the most comprehensive change to privacy legislation ever undertaken —the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)— takes effect. Here at MySiteAuditor, data protection is something we take very seriously. As a cloud-based company entrusted with our customers’ data, we’ll continue to view the treatment of our users’ data as a top priority.
Steven Matt has been a member of MySiteAuditor since January 2017 and is the owner of Tell Me Your Goal in NYC. Below is a short story how MySiteAuditor skyrocketed his growth.
I’ve got great news. If you read and follow this guide, I’ll show you how to do professional keyword research for little or no money. I’ll walk you through my personal, step-by-step, proprietary keyword research process, and I’ll even list and link to the absolute best free keyword research tools in the world.
Jeff Hall is the co-founder of Overflow Cafe SEO and a long-time user of MySiteAuditor. In this post, we’ve invited Jeff to talk about how he uses MySiteAuditor to grow his SEO agency.
Charlie Rose is the owner of SEO Mechanic and one of our longest standing members since 2014. He’s an online marketing guru who has managed to generate north of 30,000 total audits. His story below summarizes how MySiteAuditor has helped him grow over the past 3 years.